Sundance Film Festival / Best Director - Documentary

Winner of the directing award ( US Directing Award: Documentary ) for the best director of a US documentary (including co-productions) in the competition at the annual Sundance Film Festival .

The award has been presented since the 15th edition of the film festival in 1998. A five-member jury, which changes annually and consists mainly of US filmmakers, decides on the award. So far, no director has won the award more than once.

year	Award winners	Movie	German title
1998	Julia Loktev	Moment of impact	The impact
1999	Barbara Sonneborn	Regret to Inform	We are sorry to tell you
2000	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman	Section 175	Section 175
2001	Stacy Peralta	Dogtown and Z-Boys *	Dogtown & Z-Boys
2002	Rob Fruchtman Rebecca Cammisa	Sister Helen	not known
2003	Jonathan Karsh	My Flesh and Blood *	not known
2004	Morgan Spurlock	Super size me	Super size me
2005	Jeff Lighter	The Devil and Daniel Johnston	not known
2006	James Longley	Iraq in Fragments	not known
2007	Sean Fine Andrea Nix	War / Dance	not known
2008	Nanette Burstein	American teen	not known
2009	Natalia Almada	El general	not known
2010	Leon guest	Smash His Camera	not known
2011	Jon Foy	Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles	not known
2012	Lauren Greenfield	The Queen of Versailles	not known
2013	Zachary Heinzerling	Cutie and the Boxer	not known
2014	Ben Cotner Ryan White	The Case Against 8	not known
2015	Matthew Heineman	Cartel Land	not known
2016	Roger Ross Williams	Life, Animated	not known
2017	Pete Nicks	The Force	not known

* = Film productions and the Sundance Audience Award won

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Members at sundance.org, January 17, 2011 (accessed September 3, 2012).
2. ↑ Parker Posey to Host the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony at sundance.org (accessed September 3, 2012).